Paddy McKillen’s Irish restaurant, pub and nightclub entertainment group posts 44% profits rise

Operating profits at Paddy McKillen’s Irish restaurant, pub and nightclub entertainment group last year rose 44% to €2.8m.

New figures lodged by McKillen’s Orsen Ltd with the Companies Office show that the group recorded the jump in operating profits as revenues rose 5% from €29.88m to €31.52m.

McKillen’s Irish entertainment business has expanded rapidly in recent years and the accounts for Orsen Ltd include the revenues of McKillen’s Wagamama restaurants here along with the revenues at the Everleigh Garden nightclub on Dublin’s Harcourt St and the Workman’s Club in Temple Bar adjacent to the Clarence Hotel he co-owns with U2.